Quote by Joseph Story
And it is no less true, that personal security and private propert

And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice. – Joseph Story

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A good government implies two things first, fidelity to the objects of the government secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained. – Joseph Story

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Knowledge
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Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them. – Joseph Story

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Intelligence
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A mistake is simply another way of doing things. – Katharine Graham

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Wisdom

I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s – I am 39 – lack in gorgeousness, they make up for in wisdom. I love ageing, despite the drawbacks – thinner, drier skin. – Thandie Newton

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Wisdom

Life is one long experiment in learning. Who can be perfect all the time? Sometimes I feel half-wise, sometimes half-stupid. – Terri Guillemets

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Wisdom

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. – Arthur Conan Doyle

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Wisdom

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For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington. – Bill Moyers

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History

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference. – Edmund Burke

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Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will all be judged by only one thing — the result. – Vince Lombardi

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Results

To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth. – Rabindranath Tagore

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Truth